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See also: 1909 in architecture, other events of 1910, 1911 in architecture and the architecture timeline. See also: 1908 in architecture, other events of 1909, 1910 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... See also: 1910 in architecture, other events of 1911, 1912 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... This page indexes the individual year in architecture pages. ...


Buildings

Stylized stairway entrances on the roof. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal Postal code 08001-08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect of the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) movement famous for his unique style and highly individualistic designs. ... Location within France Nancy (pronounced in French) (German: Nanzig) is a city and commune which is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... Location within France Nancy (pronounced in French) (German: Nanzig) is a city and commune which is the préfecture (capital) of the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, in the Lorraine région of northeastern France. ... WrocÅ‚aw, (Polish pronunciation: (?), Czech: , German: ( (help· info)), Latin: Wratislavia or Vratislavia) is the capital of Lower Silesia in southwestern Poland, situated on the Oder River (Odra). ... Max Berg (17 April 1870 - 22 January 1947) was a German architect and urban planner. ... For the Pennsylvania Station in Newark, New Jersey or Baltimore, Maryland, see Pennsylvania Station (Newark) or Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore). ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... McKim, Mead, and White was the premier architectural firm in the eastern United States at the turn of the twentieth century. ... Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Adolf Loos (December 10, 1870 in Brno, Moravia–August 8, 1933 in Vienna, Austria) was an early-20th century Viennese modernist architect who is associated with the International Style. ... Flinders Street Station (frequently just called Flinders Street; the context indicates whether the station or the street is being specified) is the central railway station of the suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia. ... Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia, with a population of approximately 3. ...

Births

May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect, interior designer, artist, and influential writer and broadcaster on 20th century design. ... See also: 1998 in architecture, other events of 1999, 2000 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Saarinens Gateway Arch frames The Old Courthouse, which sits at the heart of the city of Saint Louis, near the rivers edge. ... See also: 1960 in architecture, other events of 1961, 1962 in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873, Rantasalmi, Finland – July 1, 1950, Cranbrook, Michigan, United States) was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. ...

Deaths


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VLN: S.F. Architecture 1910-1912 (6387 words)
One of the Bay Area's greatest architectural monuments, this church is Maybeck's masterpiece, showing his ability to combine such unrelated styles as Gothic and Oriental with an admixture of Romanesque and Craftsman.
His contributions to domestic design are outstanding and his efforts in architectural education noteworthy; but it is the Christian Science church, with its masterly handling of space, structure, color and light, that wins immediate admiration from lay and professional viewers.
His lack of preconceived architectural solutions to the problems he faced coupled with his complete domination of every detail of the basic structure, mechanical systems, and furnishings of the church helped create a building noteworthy in the history of American architecture (Cardwell 1977: 122-30).
VLN: S.F. Architecture 1909-1910 (2863 words)
The Chinese telephone exchange, built in 1912 on Washington Street near Grant, was a major architectural contribution to the rebuilding of the city.
One Sansome Street at Market and Sansome (22) is a neoclassical building (1910) designed by Albert Pissis for the London-Paris National Bank, added onto by Kelham, and gutted to become the entrance portico to the undistinguished Citicorp Center (1984) by Pereira and Associates at its rear.
The "architecture," therefore, was kept up a couple of stories, out of harm's way, where it would survive countless changes of fashion as the permanent expression of a timeless architectural tradition.
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